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SALUZZO
709-II
Rev. Similar to preceding, but with ordinary
stops. Pearled border.
Arm. II, 103, 7 (38 mm.). Luckius, Sylloge, p. 3. Van
Mieris, i, p. 313 (from Luckius). Rosmini, ii, Pl. iii, 45.
[c. Pl. 119.]
(a) Berlin, f42mm. (Z») Brescia, 40 mm. Mazz. I, xxxiii, 5.
Rizz., no. 521. Cast, (c) London, 139 mm., ex Rosen-
heim. Sale Catal. (1923), no. 67. Cast, (af) Vienna,
f 43 mm. Old cast, (e) Formerly Franc. Gnecchi,
43 mm. (broad margin).
This was more probably in origin a cast medal, based on
the preceding, than one struck from dies of which only
casts have survived.
709. Obv. IO IA TRI MAR VIGIE LE MA FRANT
IE (trefoil) and in exergue MCCCCCVIII The
marshal on a prancing horse r.; wears cuirass
and holds baton erect in r.; behind him a
young man on horseback riding at his 1.
Rev. None.
Fig. 4. (After Rosmini.)
(«) About 44 mm. Illustrated by Rosmini, ii, Pl. iii, 43.
Burl. Mag., xviii (1910), p. 21. [Fig. 4.]
The young man may be the marshal’s son, Gian Nicolo.
710. Obv. •lO-lA’TRLMAR • VIGLE’MARESCAL*
FRAN Equestrian statue of the marshal r.,
holding baton in r.; prancing horse; in exergue
cross in flaming circle (ruota del Sole) between
S V Pearled border.
Rev. •: INGENIVM: svperat : VIRES • and in ex-
ergue s V Female figure seated r. on stool,
nude to waist, holding in r. a wand raised
above her head, in 1. a cord attached to a lion
standing on a garlanded basis. Pearled border.
Struck.
Rosmini, ii, Pl. iii, 44 and p. 378. [a. Pl. 119.]
(a) London, <- 31-5 mm., ex Rosenheim. Sale Catal.,
(1923), no. 66. Hill in Burl. Mag., xviii (1910), p. 20,
Pl. ii, e, and in Per il IVQ Centenario della Morte di
Leonardo da Vinci (Istituto di Studi Vinciani in Roma,
1919), P- 3X9-
The equestrian figure on the obverse must have been
suggested by Leonardo’s designs for the monument of
Trivulzio, but how far directly so, is uncertain. Rosmini
takes the lion for Venice, alluding to the defeat of the
Venetians at Agnadello in 1508, when Trivulzio was
present with the French. S V may be for Senatus Vige-
vanensis, though it is hardly possible that the little place
can have had a Senate properly speaking.
The medals at Brescia and Milan (Brera) inscribed IO
IACOBVS TRIVVLTIVS MAGNVS, bust r., 48 mm.
(Arm. II, 103, 8; Mazz. I, xxxiv, 1; Rizz., no. 522; cp.
Rosmini, vol. ii, title-page) are not contemporary.
SALUZZO
MARGUERITE DE FOIX, Marchioness
of Saluzzo.
711. Obv. +MARGARITA*DE*FVXO*MARCH1ONI
SAvSALVGARtTvCti$i6 Bust 1. wearing veil.
Inscr. between outer border of pearled between
two plain circles, and inner border of engrailed
between one outer and two inner plain circles.
Rev. (cross patonce) DEVS* PROTECTOR*ET*RE
FVGlVM*MEVM*7d A leafless tree eradicated;
perched on it a bird; hanging on it, a tilting
shield of arms of Saluzzo impaling Foix and
Bearn quarterly. Borders as on obv.
Struck.
Arm. II, 123, 14 (44 mm.); Ill, 204, c. Litta, Saluzzo,
no. 44. Kohler, xxii (1750), p. 89. Corpus Numm. Ital. ii,
p. 71, no. 1. Hab., Pl. Ixix, 16. [c. Pl. 120.]
(«) Berlin. Silver. Corpus, loc. cit. (b) Florence, silver,
45 mm. Sup., no. 867. Fair, (c) London, silver,
| 45 mm. Wt. 38-86 gm. From Bank of England
Coll. S.I.M., Pl. 37, 6. Guide Med. Ren., p. 72,
fig. 81. (tZ) Another, silver, | 45 mm. Wt. 38-83 gm.
(e) London, V. A. M. (Salting), silver, | 43 mm.
(/) Rome, H.M. the King of Italy, silver, 43 mm.
Wt. 38-96 gm. Corpus, loc. cit., Pl. vi, 13. (^) Vi-
enna, silver, 45 mm. Corpus, loc. cit. Bad after-cast.
And many others.
The abbreviations on obv. and rev. at the end of the
inscriptions were ingeniously identified by Milanesi (apud
Arm. Ill, 204, c) with the initials of lanuae lohannes Clot,
a German of that name having been employed at the time
at the mint of Genoa. There can, however, be little doubt
that they mean no more than ETC; cp. the forms on the
ducat of Giangaleazzo Visconti (Corpus, v, Pl. v, 8) or on
the medal of Giangaleazzo Visconti and Francesco Sforza
(no. 677 above), and on many other coins.
The large silver piece of 1503 with the confronted busts
of Lodovico II and Marguerite de Foix (Arm. II, 122, 13;
Corpus, ii, p. 69, nos. 136 ff.) is to be regarded as a coin
(tallero or 40 grossi) rather than as a medal. (In the Lyon
Museum is a piedfort, 45 mm.) The gold piece from the
Montenuovo Collection (subsequently in the collections
S. A. Thompson-Yates, E. P. Thompson, and Rev. W. L.
Gantz) weighs 40-93 gm., and appears to me to be a cast
from one of the silver pieces, and not an original struck
ten-scudi piece.
On the other hand, the following undated and ornamented
modifications of the coin of Lodovico and Marguerite can
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709-II
Rev. Similar to preceding, but with ordinary
stops. Pearled border.
Arm. II, 103, 7 (38 mm.). Luckius, Sylloge, p. 3. Van
Mieris, i, p. 313 (from Luckius). Rosmini, ii, Pl. iii, 45.
[c. Pl. 119.]
(a) Berlin, f42mm. (Z») Brescia, 40 mm. Mazz. I, xxxiii, 5.
Rizz., no. 521. Cast, (c) London, 139 mm., ex Rosen-
heim. Sale Catal. (1923), no. 67. Cast, (af) Vienna,
f 43 mm. Old cast, (e) Formerly Franc. Gnecchi,
43 mm. (broad margin).
This was more probably in origin a cast medal, based on
the preceding, than one struck from dies of which only
casts have survived.
709. Obv. IO IA TRI MAR VIGIE LE MA FRANT
IE (trefoil) and in exergue MCCCCCVIII The
marshal on a prancing horse r.; wears cuirass
and holds baton erect in r.; behind him a
young man on horseback riding at his 1.
Rev. None.
Fig. 4. (After Rosmini.)
(«) About 44 mm. Illustrated by Rosmini, ii, Pl. iii, 43.
Burl. Mag., xviii (1910), p. 21. [Fig. 4.]
The young man may be the marshal’s son, Gian Nicolo.
710. Obv. •lO-lA’TRLMAR • VIGLE’MARESCAL*
FRAN Equestrian statue of the marshal r.,
holding baton in r.; prancing horse; in exergue
cross in flaming circle (ruota del Sole) between
S V Pearled border.
Rev. •: INGENIVM: svperat : VIRES • and in ex-
ergue s V Female figure seated r. on stool,
nude to waist, holding in r. a wand raised
above her head, in 1. a cord attached to a lion
standing on a garlanded basis. Pearled border.
Struck.
Rosmini, ii, Pl. iii, 44 and p. 378. [a. Pl. 119.]
(a) London, <- 31-5 mm., ex Rosenheim. Sale Catal.,
(1923), no. 66. Hill in Burl. Mag., xviii (1910), p. 20,
Pl. ii, e, and in Per il IVQ Centenario della Morte di
Leonardo da Vinci (Istituto di Studi Vinciani in Roma,
1919), P- 3X9-
The equestrian figure on the obverse must have been
suggested by Leonardo’s designs for the monument of
Trivulzio, but how far directly so, is uncertain. Rosmini
takes the lion for Venice, alluding to the defeat of the
Venetians at Agnadello in 1508, when Trivulzio was
present with the French. S V may be for Senatus Vige-
vanensis, though it is hardly possible that the little place
can have had a Senate properly speaking.
The medals at Brescia and Milan (Brera) inscribed IO
IACOBVS TRIVVLTIVS MAGNVS, bust r., 48 mm.
(Arm. II, 103, 8; Mazz. I, xxxiv, 1; Rizz., no. 522; cp.
Rosmini, vol. ii, title-page) are not contemporary.
SALUZZO
MARGUERITE DE FOIX, Marchioness
of Saluzzo.
711. Obv. +MARGARITA*DE*FVXO*MARCH1ONI
SAvSALVGARtTvCti$i6 Bust 1. wearing veil.
Inscr. between outer border of pearled between
two plain circles, and inner border of engrailed
between one outer and two inner plain circles.
Rev. (cross patonce) DEVS* PROTECTOR*ET*RE
FVGlVM*MEVM*7d A leafless tree eradicated;
perched on it a bird; hanging on it, a tilting
shield of arms of Saluzzo impaling Foix and
Bearn quarterly. Borders as on obv.
Struck.
Arm. II, 123, 14 (44 mm.); Ill, 204, c. Litta, Saluzzo,
no. 44. Kohler, xxii (1750), p. 89. Corpus Numm. Ital. ii,
p. 71, no. 1. Hab., Pl. Ixix, 16. [c. Pl. 120.]
(«) Berlin. Silver. Corpus, loc. cit. (b) Florence, silver,
45 mm. Sup., no. 867. Fair, (c) London, silver,
| 45 mm. Wt. 38-86 gm. From Bank of England
Coll. S.I.M., Pl. 37, 6. Guide Med. Ren., p. 72,
fig. 81. (tZ) Another, silver, | 45 mm. Wt. 38-83 gm.
(e) London, V. A. M. (Salting), silver, | 43 mm.
(/) Rome, H.M. the King of Italy, silver, 43 mm.
Wt. 38-96 gm. Corpus, loc. cit., Pl. vi, 13. (^) Vi-
enna, silver, 45 mm. Corpus, loc. cit. Bad after-cast.
And many others.
The abbreviations on obv. and rev. at the end of the
inscriptions were ingeniously identified by Milanesi (apud
Arm. Ill, 204, c) with the initials of lanuae lohannes Clot,
a German of that name having been employed at the time
at the mint of Genoa. There can, however, be little doubt
that they mean no more than ETC; cp. the forms on the
ducat of Giangaleazzo Visconti (Corpus, v, Pl. v, 8) or on
the medal of Giangaleazzo Visconti and Francesco Sforza
(no. 677 above), and on many other coins.
The large silver piece of 1503 with the confronted busts
of Lodovico II and Marguerite de Foix (Arm. II, 122, 13;
Corpus, ii, p. 69, nos. 136 ff.) is to be regarded as a coin
(tallero or 40 grossi) rather than as a medal. (In the Lyon
Museum is a piedfort, 45 mm.) The gold piece from the
Montenuovo Collection (subsequently in the collections
S. A. Thompson-Yates, E. P. Thompson, and Rev. W. L.
Gantz) weighs 40-93 gm., and appears to me to be a cast
from one of the silver pieces, and not an original struck
ten-scudi piece.
On the other hand, the following undated and ornamented
modifications of the coin of Lodovico and Marguerite can
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